Some explanations, and some teases. Enjoy.
* When Trixie says the rings turn "normal", she means that they become inert...like "normal" rings. But that's not really correct. So we've sent representatives to her to tell her that actually, it's just that the rings loose their bonding to your lifeforce while in the Null Chamber. They still operate as powered rings...but you can move them off your fingers.
* The "Shallow" part of "Shallow Sea" is relative. It's a continental shelf that extends a long way out from the coast, before dropping off *dramatically* into massively deep seas farther out. Hence..."Shallow Seas", by comparison.
* The "scarred guy" in the intro is foreshadowing of things to come.
* Your favorite evil dude has very good reasons for not using rings. Isn't it interesting that his use of the ring's energies and his knowledge of Animations is much more advanced than yours...and yet he didn't use the rings anyway?
* The Tiny Terrors are not human. They are Animated carvings come-to-life. The race that the Otami Twins come from are scattered tribes throughout the vast jungle that lies beyond the Otami Gate (currently closed).
* Predator Prairie Pups, Shockroaches, and Walkers are all aliens. They are not Animated.
* Nobody asked, but Landshark (affectionally dubbed "Bruce"
wink is not Animated either.
* What keeps everything inanimate from Animating? Good question. There are clues scattered througout lots of the NPC dialogs in Chapter One, but very few definitive reasons explained for sure. The zone with the most hints about reasons is probably Zen Gardens, and perhaps in the Chapter One ending encounters, but there's lots to still find out about G'hi and the rings in upcoming Chapters.
* The Wish Tree isn't the "first animated to speak". It's (they're?) the first Animated to speak *a lot*! Plus, the notes on the tree (which is the part that is Animated...not the tree itself, which is natural), are new to being able to speak and they babble on about that for a bit, so that's perhaps where the confusion lies.
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